We had an unexpected impromptu invite out from my brother for a local walk a good few weeks ago, before the ‘rule of 6’ clarified that little ones do count ... picking up a few geocaches along the way ... with him and his family and mum and dad.
Well we hadn’t seen my brother since before lockdown and we very rarely turn down the chance to spend some time with our favourite little man ... so it was boots on, a few bits and pieces in the rucksack and we were off.
We all met up at the church car park in Baxterley, a little village just a few miles from home, and, after a quick find of our first cache of the day, we headed out.
The walk took us through the churchyard and onto a public footpath where Bobby got the chance to burn off some of his endless energy ...
Well we hadn’t seen my brother since before lockdown and we very rarely turn down the chance to spend some time with our favourite little man ... so it was boots on, a few bits and pieces in the rucksack and we were off.
We all met up at the church car park in Baxterley, a little village just a few miles from home, and, after a quick find of our first cache of the day, we headed out.
The next cache was a tough one and we all spent a good 20 minutes searching around the gate before Alison took a bit of a step back and spotted it just before we were about ready to give up ...
The walk took us alongside the edge of a recently harvested wheat field ...
... and past fields full of sweetcorn ...
... where I wish I'd had the forethought to get the little man to do a bit of posing ...
There was a fair bit of walking on narrow country lanes ...
... and plenty of the wet stuff ...
Lots of gates, stiles and nettles ...
... and plenty of hanging about, trying to maintain a social distance whilst the more intrepid did the hunting ...
There was plenty to keep a little man entertained ...
... and time for the odd rest stop to hydrate on the inside ...
By the time we were back where we started the weather had picked up ...
... and it was time for lunch ...
The little man was an absolute star, did loads of walking, didn't mind the rain and just generally had a great time being outside, as did the rest of us ... simple pleasures 💜💜💜
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